by Joshua Ferris

$13.99 List Price

Sunday, February 24

6:00pm

Here today, there tomorrow. Old-style travel stories seemed always to be about characters in search of themselves as inscribed in foreign landscapes. But what if the point of the travel is more escapist than exploratory? In such novels of discovery-avoidance – an avoidance not always successful …

Here today, there tomorrow. Old-style travel stories seemed always to be about characters in search of themselves as inscribed in foreign landscapes. But what if the point of the travel is more escapist than exploratory? In such novels of discovery-avoidance – an avoidance not always successful – the journey is both more and less than a destination. Join us for a panel discussion on what modern travelogues entail with German authors, Tim Krohn, Cornelia Travnicek, Ulrike Ulrich, and American novelist, Joshua Ferris, as part of Festival Neue Literatur, New York’s first and only annual German-language literary festival. Moderated by Claudia Steinberg.

Curated by Susan Bernofsky and Claudia Steinberg, FNL was established in 2009 as a collaborative project of New York’s leading German-language cultural institutions: the Austrian Cultural Forum, Consulate General of Switzerland, Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany, Deutsches Haus at Columbia University, and Deutsches Haus at NYU. This year's festival features six accomplished writers from the contemporary German language literary scene, and US writers Joshua Cohen and Joshua Ferris in a series of discussions throughout the festival weekend.

Corruption in America:

From Benjamin Franklin's Snuff Box to Citizens United

by Zephyr Teachout

$29.95 List Price

Tuesday, March 3

6:30pm

Zephyr Teachout, Corruption in America: From Benjamin Franklin’s Snuff Box to Citizens United

While the term "corruption" seems simple enough, it has held wildly different definitions for our nation’s courts throughout history. Author, legal scholar, and former gubernatorial candidate Zephyr Teachout explores how the Supreme Court’s interpretation of political corruption has evolved over…

While the term "corruption" seems simple enough, it has held wildly different definitions for our nation’s courts throughout history. Author, legal scholar, and former gubernatorial candidate Zephyr Teachout explores how the Supreme Court’s interpretation of political corruption has evolved over the centuries and argues that recent decisions pose vital threats to the integrity of our democracy.